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Question

The better deal?

Mar 8, 2013 2:34AM PST

At the moment I have 2 pc's I am looking at, in your opinion which one would be the better choice?


Pheonix I7 Gamer - Palicomp - £1134.99

WARRANTY: 3 Year Return To Base Warranty
Q-JUMP: STANDARD - Upto 10 Working Days - FREE UK DELIVERY
NEW CASES: THERMALTAKE Overseer RX-I Black Case With Blue LED
POWER SUPPLY: 750W PSU - CIT Gold & 12CM Fan
INTEL CPU.......: Intel Core i7 4+4 Core 3770K 3.5Ghz 8MB L3 CACHE (IvyBridge)
CPU Overclocking: OVERCLOCKED AS STANDARD - SPEED AS PER SPECIFICATION
CPU COOLING: ThermalTake Contac29 BP High Performance Ultra Silent Cooler
INTEL MOTHERBOARD...: ASUS P8Z77-V LX With NEW Z77 Chipset
RAM....: 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz - PATRIOT VIPER V3 RED Performance/Gaming RAM
SOLID STATE HDD (SSD): 120GB SANDISK ULTRA SATA2 - 3Gb/s
MASTER HARD DRIVE: 1TB (1000GB) SATA3 - 6Gb/s, 7200 RPM & 32MB Cache
SLAVE HARD DRIVE: NONE
RAID: NONE
MASTER OPTICAL DRIVE.: SONY 24X DVD+/-RW Dual Layer & Dual Format
SLAVE OPTICAL DRIVE: NONE
GRAPHICS CARD (PCI-E): nVIDIA GeForce GTX660 TI 2GB
TV CARD: NONE
SOFTWARE: WINDOWS 7 Premium - 64 Bit Inc DVD/Licence
EXTRA SOFTWARE: NONE
PERFORMANCE TUNING: ADVANCED - OS Tuning For Best Performance For Windows7
TFT MONITOR: NONE
KEYBOARD & MOUSE: NONE
NEW SPEAKERS: NONE
HEADSET: NONE
CARD READER: NONE
FRONT FAN CONTROLLER: NONE
WIRELESS & NETWORKING (No Wireless As Standard): NONE
Extra USB Ports: NONE
Extra Firewire Port: NONE
SOUND CARD: ONBOARD Standard Min 5.1 Or 7.1
USB FLASH PEN DRIVE: NONE
CABLE MANAGEMENT: NONE
COOLING: NONE
NOISE REDUCTION: NONE
LINK: https://www.palicomp.co.uk/index.php?_g=co&_a=cart&ccUser=5dc4db5949fc02a256b68943d2b5a405


or...

Arbico's offer. - £1138.00

• Thermaltake Overseer RX-I Black Case
• 2 x Standard Case Fans
• Quiet Xigmatek 600W 2x PCI-E PSU
• Intel Core i7 3770K IVY Bridge, Quad Core (3.50GHZ, 8MB Cache)
• Xigmatek Gaia CPU Heatsink and Fan
• Standard Heatsink Paste
• Asus P8Z77-V LX2, 4xDIMM, Max. 32GB, ATX (USB 3.0, SATA 3.0)
• 8GB (2 x 4GB) Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz DDR3
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660Ti 2GB
• Silent 120GB Ultrafast Solid State Drive SATA III (Boot Drive)
• 1000GB SATA III (Storage Drive)
• 24x Dual Layer DVD +/- Rewriter (Complimentary Upgrade, Saving of £15)
• Integrated 10/100/1000Mbps
• 2 Front + 4 Back USB 2.0 Ports
• 2 x Back USB 3.0 & 2 SATA 3.0 Ports
• Integrated 7.1 High Definition Channel Audio
• Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (64bit Version)
Selected Services
• VALUE: 2 Yrs Return To Base (1st Yr Parts & Labour, 2nd Yr Labour)
• Performance Optimization - Included. (Complimentary Upgrade, Saving of £20)
• Standard - 10 Working Days Build Time

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